Well this OLd Drone did it again and asked the questions you all
wanted to ask but were afraid to. Here they are and below them you
will find the answers from Ms. Honeynutcherrios, herself.
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hELLO Honeynutcheerios,
 
I just purchased a 99 cent box of your product HONEY NUT CHEERIOS so
that I could cut out the bee on the front of the box and send it in
to the "SAVE THE BEES" program.
 
I am not a regular dry cereal consumer and I have three questions.
 
1. What is "TOCOPHEROILS" I see listed in the ingredients list on the
side of the box?
 
2. Is this product safe to feed to my cat?
 
3. Just how much Honey is in a box of HONEY NUT CHEERIOS?
 
  Thank you,
 
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From: General Mills <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 28 Oct 96 16:32:09 EST
Subject: Re: TOCOPHEROILS?
 
Hi Andy,
 
Thank you for inquiring about ingredients in Honey Nut Cheerios.
 
The ingredient Tocopherol is a form of Vitamin E.
 
The amount of honey in the cereal is propriety information.
 
The person to ask, about whether or not this cereal is okay to feed to your
cat, would be a veteranarian.  The vet would know what your cat could
be sensitive to.
 
If I can be of further assistance, please contact me.
 
Sincerely,
 
Pam Vlasnik
General Mills Consumer Services
writing at 1:45 PM,
on Monday, October 28, 1996
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Well now you all know something new about what your kids are eating,
"trisodium phosphate vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve
freshness". Sounds like the blue mold off of a old tank of tropical oils
to me, but I am only a food eater and not a food scientist. "What Me
Worry" about getting a little mint oil in the honey...?
 
                             ttul, OLd Drone
 
BTW. I think the cat over dosed on the TOCOPHEROLS as he has been out
side a dozen times today trying to dig holes in the cement patio?
 
 
 
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